adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
rōstrātus
rōstrātus (feminine rōstrāta, neuter rōstrātum)
Classical[roːsˈtraː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[rosˈtraː.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiverostrate or beaky: beaked, beak-like
- adjectivesnouty: snouted, snout-like
- adjectivehooky: hooked, hook-like
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rōstrātus | rōstrāta | rōstrātum |
| genitive | rōstrātī | rōstrātae | rōstrātī |
| dative | rōstrātō | rōstrātae | rōstrātō |
| accusative | rōstrātum | rōstrātam | rōstrātum |
| ablative | rōstrātō | rōstrātā | rōstrātō |
| vocative | rōstrāte | rōstrāta | rōstrātum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rōstrātī | rōstrātae | rōstrāta |
| genitive | rōstrātōrum | rōstrātārum | rōstrātōrum |
| dative | rōstrātīs | rōstrātīs | rōstrātīs |
| accusative | rōstrātōs | rōstrātās | rōstrāta |
| ablative | rōstrātīs | rōstrātīs | rōstrātīs |
| vocative | rōstrātī | rōstrātae | rōstrāta |
rostrātus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. having a beak, hook, or crooked point; beaked, curved at the end, rostrated:
falces, Col. 2, 20, 30: vectis, Plin. 18, 18, 48, § 171: navis, Cic. Inv. 2, 32, 98; Suet. Caes. 63; Auct. B. Afr. 23; cf. prora, Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; and: impetus liburnicarum, id. 10, 23, 32, § 63: rostrata corona = navalis corona, a crown ornamented with small figures of beaks of ships, given to him who first boarded the enemy's vessel, Plin. 16, 4, 3, § 7; 22, 3, 4, § 6.— Hence, in poet. transf.: (Agrippae) Tempora navali fulgent rostrata coronā, Verg. A. 8, 684; so, too, Columna rostrata, a column erected in the Forum, to commemorate the naval victory of Duilius in the first Punic war, which was adorned with the beaks of the conquered vessels, Liv. 42, 20, 1; Quint. 1, 7, 12 (cf. Plin. 34, 5, 11, § 20; Sil. 6, 663); also in the order rostrata columna, Suet. Galb. 23; v. the parts of the inscription on this column still extant (one of the oldest monuments of Latin literature), with modern restorations, Inscr. Orell. 549.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
rōstrātus adj.
rostrum, having a beak, hooked, with a crooked point, beaked, with a curved front : navis: Columna Rostrata, a column in the Forum, commemorating the victory of Duilius in the first Punic war, and adorned with the beaks of the captured vessels , L.—Poet.: cui (Agrippae) Tempora navali fulgent rostrata coronā, i. e. are decorated for naval victories , V.
Origins
From rostrum (“beak; snout”) + -atus (“-ate: forming adjectives”).
Descendants
- unknownrostrate